Button and loop clasp.



No. 800,780. PATENTED 00T. a, 1905.

0. WYRTZEN. BUTTON AND LOOP CLASP. APPLICATION FILED JAN.11, 1905.

NVENTOR 0444,1121, wy/ITW ATOR Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTEN 'WYRTZEN, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNEC"ICUT,ASSIGNOR TO THE \VELDMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BRIDCEPORT, CONNECTICUT,

A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

BUTTON AND LOOP CLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed January 11, 1905. Serial No. 240,641.

To all whom it 71mg concern:

Be it known that I. CHRIsTEN TYRTZEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttonand Loop Clasps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in to the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to garment-clasps, but more particularly hasreference to button and loop clasps that are commonly used on the 5 endsof hose-supporters.

The obect of my improvement is to bind the garment firmly against theunder side of the button-head in an ordinary button and loop clasp andto prevent the elements of the clasp from becoming accidentallydisengaged.

IVith these ends in view my invention consists in certain details ofconstruction and combination of parts, such as will be hereinafter fullyset forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application,Figure l is a plan view showing my improved clasp; Fig. 2, a sideelevation of my construction, with the 0 clasping elements disengaged;Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 2, with the clasping elements engaged;Fig. 4, a detail plan view of the base-plate, and Fig. 5 a detailperspective view of the resilient loop.

3 5 Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the severalfigures of the drawings.

My improvement is identified with clasps which comprise a metallicbase-plate having therein a pear-shaped opening the smaller end of whichlatter is at the forward end of said plate and a headed button whoseshank can be drawn into'the small part of said opening, while the headhas a diameter greater than the width of this particular part of theopening. This style of garment-clasp while exceedingly popular has twodefectsnamely, the accidental withdrawal of the button from the narrowportion of the opening in the baseplate and the consequent disengagementof the clasping elements and the slipping of the garment from the claspof these elements. My improvement does away with these defects,

and consists in adding a single element to the ordmary construction ofclasp above noted, and Wlll be best understood from the followingdescription.

1 is a rigid base-plate, preferably made of metal, having therein anopening 2, which is enlarged at its rear end and is contracted at itsforward end, said plate being secured at its rear extremity to anyordinary tape 3.

4 is the usual button having an overhanging head which is carried by aflexible tape 5, which latter is secured in the usual manner to the maintape 3.

The parts above described constitute the usual form of button and loopgarment-clasp; and my improvement consists in providing a resilient loop6, whose rear end is secured directly upon the upper face of the plate 1by means of small ears 7, which project inwardly from said plate and arecurled around the loop. The'opening in this loop corresponds generallywith the opening in the plate 1, the width of the narrow portion of theopening in this loop at its forward end being less than thediameter ofthe head of the stud i. This loop is inclined upwardly from its rear endto a point about midway of its length and thence depressed toward itsforward extrem- 8o ity, and in normal position this loop extends forwardimmediately above the plate, but at a distance therefrom, and with itsmiddle portion elevated above the plane of its rear end.

In utilizing my improvement the garment 5 is placed over the stud andthe latter forced upwardly through the enlarged portions of the openingsin the plate and loop and then drawn forward into the contractedportions of said openings. W hen an attempt is made to draw the buttonforward, the head of said button will impinge against the inclinedportion of the loop; but the latter will yield, owing to its resiliency,as the under side of the head is forced against the incline of the loop,and when said stud has passed into the narrow opening of the loop thehigher portion of the latter will have sprung back and will impingeagainst the garment, thus holding the latter firmly against the underside of the head, so as to prevent any possible slipping of said garmentfrom the grasp of the clasping members. In order to release the garment,the stud must be withdrawn against the resiliency of the loop, andtherefore it will be clear that this withdrawal is not likely to beeffected by accident.

I prefer to make the loop from spring-wire; but of course such loop canbe constructed from sheet metal without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A garment-clasp comprising a base-plate having an opening therein, aflexible tape to which the rear end of said plate is secured, aspring-loop having an opening the rear end of which loop is secured tosaid plate while the middle portion of said loop is elevated above theplane of the rear end, a button having an overhanging head adapted to beinserted in the openings in said plate and loop and to be drawn forward,and an auxiliary flexible tape connecting said button and saidfirst-named tape.

2. Agarment-claspcomprisingabuttonand a metal plate having an elongatedopening therein, a flexible tape to which the rear end of said plate issecured, a resilient metal loop whose rear end is secured to said platethe inside width of said loop at its front end being less than thediameter of the bu tton-head while the middle portion of the loop iselevated above the plane of the rear end thereof, and an auxiliaryflexible tape connecting said button and said first-named tape.

3. A garment-clasp comprising a rigid baseplate having lengthwisetherein an opening which is comparatively large at the rear portion andcontracted at its front portion, a flexible tape to which the rear endof said plate is secured, a button consistingof a shank and anoverhanging head, an auxiliary flexible tape connecting said button andsaid firstnamed tape, and a resilient metal loop secured at its rear endto the rear upper face of said plate, said loop being inclined upwardlyfrom its rear end to a point about midway of its length and thendepressed toward its front end.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTEN W'YRTZEN.

\Vitnesses:

F. \V. SMITH, J r., M. T. LoNeDEN.

